Most of the weapons you post here are really awesome... I always wanted to start to learn to shoot firearms but the legal constraints here in France are really high and I do not want to undergo all this procedures now (And since I do not have a driving licence, transporting a weapon to the range could be impossible...)

Anyways I'm not entirely defenseless, I have several goodies that I'll post here.

Well FireFog, if you ever come visit the US and you're over 18 you can rent a firearm at most indoor ranges and get some instruction just to give it a try. And other "goodies" can be just as much fun to collect, study, work on, learn to use, etc. Can't wait to see them.

So here are the "goodies" which I talked about (which are mostly dirt-cheap knives lol) :

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From top to bottom :

French model "An IX" (1800-1801, since the year 9 of the French Revolutionary Calendar is from late 1800 to late 1801) bayonet, we had a hard time restoring (I don't know if this is the correct word in english), it was a block of rust seriously when we got it, then identifying it.

Dirt-Cheap unofficial (some details are uncorrect) Bride's Sword "replica" (I had it for even cheaper since it has another handle)

Last row, left to right :

Machete

German WW2 Karabiner 98 bayonet (1939), we also had a tough time restoring it since it was basically a block of rust (we got it at the same time as the An IX)